Automatic fish pole holder



'Fell 8, '1949. 1 E, SUS ET AL y 2,461,356

AUTOMATIC FI SH POLE HOLDER Filed Deo. 50, 1946 INVENTORS JOSEPH E.SUSANTON SUS JR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 8, 19.49

' Application Our invention refers to fish rod holders and it has forits primary object to provideia iixedcircular shell having nestedtherein a similar rod carrying shell under spring control, the samebeing locked in one position under spring. tension by Aa trigger whichis released -uponan initial load strain upon the rod, wherebysaid rodisrocked from its normal low soaking or trolling position to approximatelya vertical position whereby a iish is automatically gaed and liftedthrough the water.

Aiurther object of our invention is to provide a springoontrolledfriction locking trigger for the rod carrying shell.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a key connectedhub secured to fixed shell carrying the inner end of a coil springwhereby tension of the spring may be varied.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds,'the invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly dened by the appended claims, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of the present invention constructed according tothe best mode so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a rod holder embodying thefeatures of our invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same, the section being indicated byline' 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the rod holder, the section beingindicated by line 3 3 of Figure 2. l

Figure 4 is a plan sectional View through the rod holder, the' sectionbeing indicated by line 4--4 of FigureV 1.

Referring by characters to the drawings, I indicates a clamping bracketfor the iish rod holder I having an apertured arm I extending upwardlytherefrom.

Fitted into the arm aperture I is the threaded shank 2 of a polygonallyfaced key-hub 3. The

polygonal end faces of said hub being seated in a correspondingly shapedrecess 4 of a centrally apertured outer flange shell 5, as bestillustrated in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings.

The central aperture of the shell 5 is mounted upon the hub shank 2 withits face in frictional December so, 1946, serial No; 719,170 Y 1 claim.(o1. V24a- 42) engegementwitn me erml I' of the bracket. The

outer shell 5 isithusheld in a xed position 'with reference totheybr-acketfarm' by a thumb nut 2', whichengages the endof the shankZivi-hereby all partsV are drawn tightly together( y f l" Rotatablymounted-tinthef'xed out-er Yshell is a correspondingly shaped flangedVinnerfshell', which 'shell isV journaledA upon a screw threaded head 'lengaging a central aperture yof 'the face of theinner shellandvrotatableuponthe walls Aof may readily be mounted;

The eurer wen ofthe rotatable inner sneu has riveted. thereto'ajp'oleV`carrying sleeve 8 uwhich extends across'.the'lfaxisfofV thefshellf' Thesaid sleeve carries'a'leaf spring '8f secured by one of the sleeverivets', rv'vhereby `friction is `'exerted' upon a shing rod C, `asindicated in dotted lines,fFig'- ure 1, said rod'being shownV in Aitsloworsoaking @position with reference to the holder.

As best indicated in Figures 2-4 inclusive, the iiange 6 of the innershell is out away approximately one-quarter of its diameter to form aslot 9 having notched ends 9'-9", as best shown in Figure 3 of thedrawings.

The peripheral iiange of the outer shell has itending upwardly therefroma sleeved housing Mounted in the housing is a plug II, which plug isreciprocatively secured by a slot and pin I2 that is seated in thehousing in engagement with said slot.

The upper end of the sleeved housing is shouldered for the reception ofa, coil spring I3 interposed Abetween said shoulder and the head II' ofthe plunger whereby the lower reduced end I I" of said plunger isnormally held clear of the inner ange 6', said plunger being in eiect aspring controlled trigger.

The slot 9, formed in a flange 6', also has normally extending therein athreaded stop-pin I4, as best indicated in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawings, the same being approximately at an angle of 90 from thefriction trigger and spaced slightly from the end of the slot 9".

Secured to the hexagonal hub 3 is the inner end of a coil spring I5, theouter end of which spring is secured to the inner faceV ofthe rotaryshell flangeV 6', the spring, as shown in Figure 3, exerting a rotatingaction from left to right upon the inner shell.

Should it be desired at any time to increase the tension of the coilspring, it may be effected In this rewind movement it is understood thatA the stop pin may be lifted from the periphery of the flange 6' topermit a partial rewinding movement irrespective of the position of theslot.

As shown in Figure 3 of Athe drawings, when the holder is set forfishing, the innei` -shell is rotated from left to right to load thecoil spring l5 and incidentally shift the olset end 9 of the slot 9 to aposition approximately alining the end f portion ll' of thespringcontrolled plunger. Now :as the operator holds theinner shell inthis position, the plunger will `be ,manually depressed whereby the endllr-I thereof will enter the slot 9. Hence, when pressure .is .relievedby the op- :crater from the inner shell, the action of Vthe `coilspring'.willcause thefoiset end of the slot 9 to frictionally engagetheplunger end i I whereby'these `fparts are held in their lockedposition. Thus vthe rodisheld and :inclined at a low nangle for trollingor soaking, it being noted that the-end 9" of .the slot is slightlyspaced away .from the stop-pin I4.

Under this set pole position, in the event a fish ,should strike, thepole -Will be ycaused to move f ,slightly downward in the direction ofthe arrow A, Figure 3. This `slight downward movement will `cause theinner shell to rotate againstits spring tension slightly fromleft-.torright whereby the end Aof the plunger .I I is relieved of :itsfriction lock V,and said plunger Awill immediately move upward to clearthe flange 6 whereby the inner shell will rotate from right to left asindicated by the arrow B of Figure l, and the pole C will assumepractically a vertical position being held in said position due to thefact that the end 9 of the slot will have engaged the stop-pin I4. Thusthe sh will automatically be hooked and the pole swung upward throughapproximately a radius of 90 whereby the said fish is drawn through thewater and can thenreadily be landed. Y

It'shouldbe understood that our automatic pole holder may be usedeffectively in ice fishing.

We claim:

A iish rod holder comprising a stationary flanged circular shell, aninner flanged shell rotat ably mounted upon the iiange of the stationaryshell, Ka Vslot formed in the flange of the inner shell having offsetends, a xed hub extending from the stationary shell, a coil springhaving ends secured to the fixed hub and ange of the inner shell, ,aradially disposed sleeve extending from the outer shell flange, a springcontrolled reciprocative plunger mounted lin the sleeve for frictionallyengaging one of lthe offset ends -of thespring controlled `shell slot,whereby upon a slight back movement of the spring controlled outershell, the 'spring controlled plunger is released from its frictionalengagement with the offset slot end, and a stop-pin carried by the outershell extending into the inner shell slot.

JOSEPH E. SUS. -ANTON SUS, JR.

REFERENCES -CITED The following references are of record inthe tile ofthis patent:

UNrrED sTATEs PATENTS Number Name Date 748,884 Reichardt Jan. 5, 19041,962,232 Clairon June 12, 1934

